Cameraperson

Movie • 2016

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A patchwork memoir told through a cinematographer’s lens—this film gently unravels the weight and beauty of observation, inviting you to become witness alongside its creator.

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A lyrical documentary collage—Johnson offers her life through the lens, blurring memory and artistry. It’s as intimate as a poem, as wide as the world.

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As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.